Garth Brooks

Double Live

Can?t help enjoying most of the songs

Review Score:

(8/10)
I?ve always had mixed feelings about Garth Brooks and the sudden media hype surrounding him. He?s certainly recorded a number of excellent material over the years, but then again some of the selections were so over-the-top they sounded almost like a parody.

Who is the real Garth Brooks? I found myself repeatedly asking when listening to his formulized albums. To say his different styles were INSPIRED by other artists is putting it very mildly indeed... royalties should have gone to Dan Fogelberg for most of the ballads or the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band for some of the up-tempo stuff. Then again, if you see Garth Brooks during his densely styled live performances you can?t help being in awe.

So this double CD captures the man essentially doing what he does best, i.e. perform. There?s one major disappointment with this CD, though: There?s no background information whatsoever on recording dates or locations, and the mix of different concert cuts plus the odd studio version or overdub makes "Double Live" a very uneven affair. Then again, it?s got all the hits and more set to very enthusiastic crowd responses.

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